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Using the Rasch model to evaluate the South Oaks Gambling Screen for use with nonpathological gamblersDavid R Strong
Brown University and Butler Hospital, 345 Blackstone Boulevard, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Addict Behav 28:1465-72. 2003..We discuss the implications and remaining limitations of using this shortened measure for the continuum-based assessment of gambling problems...
Positive reactions to tobacco predict relapse after cessationDavid R Strong
Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 120:999-1005. 2011..22, p < .001). Individual differences in positive reactions to smoking may be important markers of neurobiological systems that promote dependence and interfere with cessation efforts...- Nicotine withdrawal among adolescents with acute psychopathology: an item response analysisDavid R Strong
Addictions Research, Butler Hospital, and Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 6:547-57. 2004.... - Assessing the severity of hazardous drinking and related consequences among incarcerated womenDavid R Strong
Butler Hospital and Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 34:907-14. 2010..The expected inter-relationships among problems, symptoms and consequences, and enhanced sensitivity of combined assessments require confirmation in applied clinical settings... - Evaluation of the continuum of gambling problems using the DSM-IVDavid R Strong
Butler Hospital, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Addiction 102:713-21. 2007.... - Finding order in the DSM-IV nicotine dependence syndrome: a Rasch analysisDavid R Strong
Brown Medical School and Butler Hospital, 345 Blackstone Blvd, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 72:151-62. 2003..More precise assessment of nicotine dependence would improve the predictive value of these measures and ultimately help inform nicotine dependence treatments... 
Impact of bupropion and cognitive-behavioral treatment for depression on positive affect, negative affect, and urges to smoke during cessation treatmentDavid R Strong
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 345 Blackstone Boulevard, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 11:1142-53. 2009..Studies of treatment-related changes in precessation affect or urges to smoke are needed to evaluate the proposed mechanisms of these treatments...- Nicotine dependence symptoms among adolescents with psychiatric disorders: using a Rasch model to evaluate symptom expression across timeDavid R Strong
Brown Medical School and Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 9:557-69. 2007..Results suggest that DSM-IV and mFTQ measures of nicotine dependence provide complementary information when assessing nicotine dependence levels among adolescents with psychiatric disorders... - Evaluating the latent structure of the MMPI-2 F(p) scale in a forensic sample: a taxometric analysisDavid R Strong
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Psychol Assess 18:250-61. 2006..Implications and suggestions for future research are provided... - Bupropion and cognitive-behavioral treatment for depression in smoking cessationRichard A Brown
Brown Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 9:721-30. 2007..An a priori test of treatment effects in smokers with these depression vulnerability factors is warranted in future clinical trials... - Effects on substance use outcomes in adolescents receiving motivational interviewing for smoking cessation during psychiatric hospitalizationRichard A Brown
Butler Hospital Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 345 Blackstone Blvd, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Addict Behav 34:887-91. 2009..This finding is consistent with previous studies that have shown that smoking cessation does not have a detrimental effect on substance abuse treatment outcomes among youth... - Family and peer influences on tobacco use among adolescents with psychiatric disordersDawn M Picotte
Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 194:518-23. 2006..As a result, peer and family influences strongly impact the initiation and maintenance of adolescent smoking and should be considered when designing smoking cessation interventions for adolescents with psychiatric disorders... - The role of negative affect in risk for early lapse among low distress tolerance smokersAna M Abrantes
Butler Hospital Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 345 Blackstone Blvd, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Addict Behav 33:1394-401. 2008.... - Association of post-treatment smoking change with future smoking and cessation efforts among adolescents with psychiatric comorbidityLaura MacPherson
Brown University Center for Alcohol and Addictions Studies, Providence, RI, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 9:1297-307. 2007..Findings have implications for initial post-treatment change as it relates to subsequent smoking and cessation outcomes among adolescent smokers at especially high risk for smoking persistence... - Distress tolerance and early smoking lapseRichard A Brown
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Butler Hospital Brown Medical School, 345 Blackstone Blvd, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Clin Psychol Rev 25:713-33. 2005..Theoretical and clinical implications of distress tolerance in smoking cessation are discussed and the development of a specialized and novel behavioral distress tolerance treatment for early smoking lapsers is proposed... - A prospective examination of distress tolerance and early smoking lapse in adult self-quittersRichard A Brown
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Butler Hospital, 345 Blackstone Boulevard, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 11:493-502. 2009..How one reacts to the discomfort of nicotine withdrawal and quitting smoking (i.e., distress tolerance) may be a more promising avenue of investigation with important treatment implications... - Single versus recurrent depression history: differentiating risk factors among current US smokersDavid R Strong
Butler Hospital, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 345 Blackstone Blvd, Providence, RI 02906, USA david
Drug Alcohol Depend 109:90-5. 2010..Approximately 15% of current US smokers have a history of recurrent MDD. Little is known about the risk factors that contribute to persistent smoking and differentiate these at-risk smokers, US... - Substance use disorder characteristics and externalizing problems among inpatient adolescent smokersAna M Abrantes
Butler Hospital Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs 37:391-9. 2005..The results of this study point to potentially important clinical implications such as tailoring prevention and intervention efforts according to type of externalizing symptomatology and gender... - Distress tolerance treatment for early-lapse smokers: rationale, program description, and preliminary findingsRichard A Brown
Brown Medical School Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Behav Modif 32:302-32. 2008..Preliminary data from a pilot study (N = 16) are presented, and clinical implications are discussed... - Substance use and diagnostic characteristics that differentiate smoking and nonsmoking adolescents in a psychiatric settingSusan E Ramsey
Brown University Medical School and Rhode Island Hospital, Division of General Internal Medicine, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 191:759-62. 2003 - Health risk behaviors in relation to making a smoking quit attempt among adolescentsAna M Abrantes
Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
J Behav Med 32:142-9. 2009..g., fighting, drug use, and high risk sexual activity) were associated with decreased likelihood of cessation. Findings from this study may inform efforts to develop more effective smoking prevention and treatment programs for youth... - Cigarette smoking among adolescent psychiatric inpatients: prevalence and correlatesSusan E Ramsey
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Ann Clin Psychiatry 14:149-53. 2002.... - Toward efficient and comprehensive measurement of the alcohol problems continuum in college students: the brief young adult alcohol consequences questionnaireChristopher W Kahler
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 29:1180-9. 2005.... - History of major depressive disorder among smokers in cessation treatment: associations with dysfunctional attitudes and copingChristopher W Kahler
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Addict Behav 28:1033-47. 2003.... - Cigarette smokers who have difficulties quitting: the role of negative moodAna M Abrantes
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, USA
Med Health R I 89:169-71. 2006 - Hostility in smokers with past major depressive disorder: relation to smoking patterns, reasons for quitting, and cessation outcomesChristopher W Kahler
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Box G BH, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 6:809-18. 2004..Results suggest hostility may play an important role in smoking motivation and cessation outcomes among smokers with past major depression... - Cigarette smoking and the lifetime alcohol involvement continuumChristopher W Kahler
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 93:111-20. 2008.... - A pilot study of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise for obsessive compulsive disorderRichard A Brown
Butler Hospital Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02906, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 195:514-20. 2007..Results of this study suggest that a randomized clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of this 12-week aerobic exercise intervention is warranted... - Linking measures of adult nicotine dependence to a common latent continuum and a comparison with adolescent patternsDavid R Strong
Brown University, Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 2906, United States david
Drug Alcohol Depend 120:88-98. 2012..Using a hierarchical item response model (IRM), we examined evidence for a common continuum underlying ND symptoms among adults and adolescents... - Using a Rasch model to examine the utility of the South Oaks Gambling Screen across clinical and community samplesDavid R Strong
Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Addict Behav 29:465-81. 2004..Recommendations for a relaxed cut score on the DSM-IV and reduced set of SOGS items are discussed... - Item functioning of the alcohol dependence scale in a high-risk sampleChristopher W Kahler
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Box G BH, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 72:183-92. 2003.... - Acute changes in obsessions and compulsions following moderate-intensity aerobic exercise among patients with obsessive-compulsive disorderAna M Abrantes
Butler Hospital Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA
J Anxiety Disord 23:923-7. 2009..Results of this study point toward the promising effect of exercise for acute symptom reduction in patients with OCD... - Linking measures of adolescent nicotine dependence to a common latent continuumDavid R Strong
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Butler Hospital, 345 Blackstone Boulevard, Providence, RI 02906, United States david
Drug Alcohol Depend 99:296-308. 2009..Finally, we examined concurrent validity of the ND continuum and levels of current of smoking at each wave of assessment... - The commitment to quitting smoking scale: initial validation in a smoking cessation trial for heavy social drinkersChristopher W Kahler
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Box G S121 5, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Addict Behav 32:2420-4. 2007..Results suggest that commitment is a highly relevant construct for smoking cessation, which can be reliably assessed with the Commitment to Quitting Smoking Scale and which may be an excellent target for smoking cessation treatments... - Readiness to change smoking behavior in adolescents with psychiatric disordersTimothy R Apodaca
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Box G BH, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Addict Behav 32:1119-30. 2007..Parallels between current results and the Theory of Planned Behavior are discussed in consideration of developing more effective MI-based interventions for adolescent smokers... - Alcoholics Anonymous and hazardously drinking women returning to the community after incarceration: predictors of attendance and outcomeYael Chatav Schonbrun
Butler Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 35:532-9. 2011..Although little is known about the patterns of help utilization and efficacy for alcohol problems, preliminary evidence suggests that Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a widely available resource for this population... - Validation of the 30-day version of the Brief Young Adult Alcohol Consequences Questionnaire for use in longitudinal studiesChristopher W Kahler
Brown University, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Box G S121, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 69:611-5. 2008.... - Using the Rasch model to develop a revised Gambling Attitudes and Beliefs Scale (GABS) for use with male college student gamblersDavid R Strong
Brown University, Brown Medical School, Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA
Subst Use Misuse 39:1013-24. 2004..Use of this measure for the improvement of gambling assessment in college students is recommended... - An item response analysis of the Alcohol Dependence Scale in treatment-seeking alcoholicsChristopher W Kahler
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Box G BH, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
J Stud Alcohol 64:127-36. 2003.... - A qualitative investigation of barriers to entry into couples' treatment for alcohol problemsYael Chatav Schonbrun
Butler Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 41:399-406. 2011..Although many barriers are similar to those previously identified in individual alcohol treatment, barriers unique to couples' treatment provide guidance for next directions for dissemination... - Mapping the continuum of alcohol problems in college students: a Rasch model analysisChristopher W Kahler
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 18:322-33. 2004..A shortened, alternative version of the YAAPST is proposed, and a norm table is provided that allows for a linking of total YAAPST scores to expected symptom expression... - Development and initial validation of a 12-step participation expectancies questionnaireChristopher W Kahler
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Box G BH, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
J Stud Alcohol 67:538-42. 2006.... - Evaluating symptom expression as a function of a posttraumatic stress disorder severityKathleen M Palm
Brown Medical School, Butler Hospital, United States
J Anxiety Disord 23:27-37. 2009..More precise assessment of PTSD severity may help improve the descriptive value of PTSD measures relationship to continuous measures of treatment outcomes, and ultimately inform more effective treatments... - A Rasch model analysis of DSM-IV Alcohol abuse and dependence items in the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related ConditionsChristopher W Kahler
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 30:1165-75. 2006..In this study, we conduct in-depth analyses of interview items used to assess alcohol abuse and dependence... - Gender differences in the practice patterns of forensic psychiatry expertsMarilyn Price
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI, USA
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 32:250-8. 2004..When subjects were asked to comment on whether they thought that gender was a factor in the selection of a forensic expert, 80 percent of the women, but only 41 percent of the men, believed that gender was a consideration... - Nicotine dependence measures among adolescents with psychiatric disorders: evaluating symptom expression as a function of dependence severityDavid R Strong
Brown University and Butler Hospital, Providence RI 02906, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 5:735-46. 2003..These analyses provide us with some preliminary understanding of the severity of particular symptoms and the order in which symptoms are likely to be expressed across levels of nicotine dependence... - Bupropion efficacy for smoking cessation is influenced by the DRD2 Taq1A polymorphism: analysis of pooled data from two clinical trialsSean P David
Brown University Center for Primary Care and Prevention, Primary Care Genetics and Translational Research Center, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 9:1251-7. 2007..These data suggest that bupropion may be effective for smoking cessation only in a subgroup of smokers with the DRD2 Taq1 A2/A2 genotype... - Increased cerebrospinal fluid corticotropin-releasing factor concentrations during tryptophan depletion in healthy adultsAudrey R Tyrka
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Biol Psychiatry 56:531-4. 2004..This study examined the effect of tryptophan depletion, which acutely reduces brain serotonin concentrations, on serial cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of corticotropin-releasing factor in healthy humans... - Hostility and smoking cessation treatment outcome in heavy social drinkersChristopher W Kahler
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 23:67-76. 2009..PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)... - Physical activity and neuropsychiatric symptoms of Parkinson diseaseAna M Abrantes
Butler Hospital, Providence, RI 02906, USA
J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 25:138-45. 2012..Developing and tailoring exercise programs that incorporate specific preferences may result in more effective interventions for patients with PD... - Distress tolerance and duration of past smoking cessation attemptsRichard A Brown
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University and Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 111:180-5. 2002.... - Taxometric analysis of impression management and self-deception in college student and personnel evaluation settingsDavid R Strong
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI 02906, USA
J Pers Assess 78:161-75. 2002..Using taxometric procedures, the mean base-rate estimates were .16 and .25 for student and personnel settings, respectively. Overall classification rates ranged from .80 to .94 for MMPI-2 IM scales in the personnel setting... - Boundaries in psychotherapy supervisionAlison M Heru
Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Am J Psychother 58:76-89. 2004..This study examines the perceptions of trainees and supervisors on the boundaries of the supervisory relationship... - Time-invariant and time-varying predictors of depression symptoms in primary care patientsLisa A Uebelacker
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, and Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket
Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry 11:322-9. 2009..The aims of this study were to examine correlates of depression symptoms, baseline predictors of change in depression symptoms, and time-varying predictors of depression symptoms in a primary care sample... - The relationship among negative affect, distress tolerance, and length of gambling abstinence attemptStacey B Daughters
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
J Gambl Stud 21:363-78. 2005..Immediate relapsers also were less likely to persist on the psychological stressor, suggesting that one's ability to tolerate the initial discomfort of an abstinence attempt may play an important role in gambling treatment outcome... - Development and preliminary validation of the young adult alcohol consequences questionnaireJennifer P Read
Department of Psychology, Park Hall, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA
J Stud Alcohol 67:169-77. 2006..The present study describes the development and initial validation of a measure designed to capture a broad range of alcohol-related consequences experienced by male and female college students... - Psychological distress tolerance and duration of most recent abstinence attempt among residential treatment-seeking substance abusersStacey B Daughters
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, 20742, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 19:208-11. 2005..Systematic replications including a prospective design are recommended... - Evaluation of a behavioral measure of risk taking: the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART)C W Lejuez
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park 20742, USA
J Exp Psychol Appl 8:75-84. 2002..These results indicate that the BART may be a useful tool in the assessment of risk taking... - A taxometric analysis of the MMPI-2 Depression scalesC Laurel Franklin
Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, Palo Alto, California, USA
J Pers Assess 79:110-21. 2002..Rather, these findings support previous studies finding an underlying dimensionality of depression. We discuss implications for MMPI-2 scale use and depression nosology in light of these findings... - Development of an abbreviated Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory (SPAI) using item response theory: the SPAI-23Roxann Roberson-Nay
Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychiatry, Richmond, VA 23298 0489, USA
Psychol Assess 19:133-45. 2007..The SPAI-23 has considerable practical benefits, including a screening of both social and agoraphobic anxiety as well as decreased assessment and scoring time... - Efficiently assessing negative cognition in depression: an item response theory analysis of the Dysfunctional Attitude ScaleChristopher G Beevers
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 0187, USA
Psychol Assess 19:199-209. 2007..Taken together, the authors believe the DAS-SF1 and DAS-SF2 provide an efficient and accurate assessment of dysfunctional attitudes among depressed individuals... - The Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) differentiates smokers and nonsmokersC W Lejuez
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park 20742, USA
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 11:26-33. 2003..Further, when considered in a logistic regression analysis, only the Sensation Seeking total score and the BART score contributed uniquely to the differentiation of smokers and nonsmokers... - Construct validity and reliability of the College Oriented Eating Disorders Screen (COEDS)Jennifer M Bucceri
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742, USA
Eat Behav 6:393-402. 2005..The results of this study provide further support for the use of the COEDS as a measure targeting college students who possess a vulnerability to development of an eating disorder... - Predicting functional outcomes among college drinkers: reliability and predictive validity of the Young Adult Alcohol Consequences QuestionnaireJennifer P Read
Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
Addict Behav 32:2597-610. 2007..Specific YAACQ subscale scores (Impaired Control, Dependence Symptoms, Blackout Drinking) showed unique prediction of persistent drinking and academic outcomes... - Distress tolerance as a predictor of early treatment dropout in a residential substance abuse treatment facilityStacey B Daughters
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 114:729-34. 2005..There was no relationship between physical distress tolerance and early treatment dropout. Implications for future studies and treatment development or modification are discussed... - Towards a better understanding of gambling treatment failure: implications of translational researchStacey B Daughters
Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Clin Psychol Rev 23:573-86. 2003..In the current paper, we review the state of gambling treatment and suggest a framework for better understanding and ultimately reducing gambling treatment failure...